David A. Kessler

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News about David A. Kessler, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

May. 5, 2015

Letter from former Rep Patrick J Kennedy and former drug policy adviser Kevin A Sabet comments on both April 23 editorial and David A Kessler and Matthew L Myers Op-Ed about dangers of e-cigarettes. MORE

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December 15, 2007, Saturday

The Food and Drug Administration plans to loosen its regulations for health claims on food, making it easier for companies to make them based on less scientific information. The agency said it wanted to provide more and better information about diet...

Dr. David A. Kessler, dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, is leaving to take a similar job at the University of California at San Francisco, the schools said yesterday. Dr. Dennis D. Spencer, the chairman of neurosurgery at Yale, was...

As President Bush tries to fill the long-vacant job of commissioner of food and drugs, he is caught in a political quandary. If he names someone from the drug industry, he risks the wrath of Senate Democrats, and if he names someone outside the...